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Pak ISI-backed Babbar Khalsa terror network busted, 5 arrested: Punjab DGP

Jalandhar, Aug. 13 -- Punjab Police on Tuesday busted a Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed Babbar Khalsa International terror network with the arrest of five persons from Tonk and Jaipu... Read More


Will file criminal case against 'rebel faction': Cheema

Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- The Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday warned that it will file a criminal complaint against leaders of the breakaway faction for trying to misappropri... Read More


Safe Punjab portal led to over 5k drug FIRs in a yr: Cheema

Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- Over 5,000 drug related cases were registered in a year after the launch of Safe Punjab WhatsApp chatbot, where people could provide information and tips on drug peddlers and ho... Read More


Swollen Beas inundates low-lying areas, fields

Kapurthala/Hoshiarpur, Aug. 13 -- Agricultural fields in the low-lying areas adjoining Beas in several villages of the Tanda region in Hoshiarpur district were inundated due to the release of water fr... Read More


SGPC chief Dhami slams Giani Harpreet, says his group will deepen divisions in Panth

AMRITSAR, Aug. 13 -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Tuesday said that the elevation of former Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh as th... Read More


'We are the real SAD, will soon get EC stamp'

AMRITSAR, Aug. 13 -- A day after getting unanimously elected as president of the breakaway Shiromani Akali Dal faction, Giani Harpreet Singh, 52, on Tuesday sharpened his attack on Akali Dal chief Suk... Read More


3 robbers held after shootout in Rohtak

Rohtak, Aug. 13 -- The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA-1) of Rohtak police arrested three robbers after a brief exchange of fire from near Sunaria by-pass in Rohtak on Monday night. The accused had ca... Read More


HC refuses to quash criminal proceedings against sugar mill

Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a petition from Chadha sugar mills, seeking quashing of criminal proceedings for alleged spill of molasses into Beas river on May... Read More


One held in graft case

Ferozepur, Aug. 13 -- The vigilance bureau (VB) on Tuesday arrested a fire officer on the charge of accepting Rs.20,000 bribe. A VB spokesperson said Varinder Kathuria, posted at Abohar, reportedly de... Read More


Health care a worry as Punjab jails burst at seams; govt orders survey

Patiala, Aug. 13 -- With Punjab's prisons housing over 37,000 inmates against a sanctioned capacity of just 26,000, the state government has ordered an urgent, evidence-based health infrastructure sur... Read More